NZQA registered unit standard
26855 version 2
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Title
Analyse Human Factors present in workplace practices at an
extractive site
Level
4
Credits
10
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate
knowledge of concepts and principles related to Human
Factors; analyse workplace practices at an extractive site by
examining Human Factors that could contribute to errorproducing conditions; and recommend controls that will reduce
the likelihood of error-producing conditions resulting from
Human Factors in the underlying workplace practice.
Classification
Extractive Industries > Extractive Industries Management
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Performance of the outcomes of this unit standard must comply with company
procedures as well as the following:
Crown Minerals Act 1991;
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992 (HSE);
Health and Safety in Employment Regulations 1995;
Health and Safety in Employment (Mining Operations and Quarrying Operations)
Regulations 2013;
approved codes of practice issued pursuant to the HSE Act;
Hazardous Substances and New Organisms (HSNO) Act 1996;
Hazardous Substances Regulations 2001;
Resource Management Act 1991;
AS/NZS ISO 31000:2009, Risk management - Principles and guidelines.
2
Any new, amended or replacement Acts, regulations, standards, codes of practice,
guidelines, or authority requirements or conditions affecting this unit standard will
take precedence for assessment purposes, pending review of this unit standard.
3
Definitions
Company procedures mean the documented methods for performing work activities
and include health and safety, operational, environmental, and quality management
requirements. They may refer to legislation, regulations, guidelines, standard
operating procedures, manuals, codes of practice, or policy statements.
Cost effective includes following the ‘ALARP’ (‘as low as reasonably practicable’)
principle.
Human Factors is a discipline of study that deals with the psychological, social,
physical, and biological characteristics of a user and the system the user is in.
Human Factors involves the study of all aspects of the way humans interact with the
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NZQA registered unit standard
26855 version 2
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task and the environment, with the aim of preventing harm and improving operational
performance and safety.
Risk Management Processes refer to the systematic application of company policy
and procedures to the tasks of identifying, analysing, assessing, treating, and
monitoring risk.
SCHELL stands for Software/Culture/Hardware/Environment/Liveware/Liveware.
Workplace practice refers to people practices or systems practices, and/or
engineering (design and technology) practices.
4
This unit standard is intended for, but is not limited to, workplace assessment.
5
Range
Analysis of two workplace practices is required.
6
The reference text for this unit standard is Geoff Simpson, Tim Horberry and Jim Joy,
Understanding human error in mine safety (Farnham, England: Ashgate, 2009).
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Demonstrate knowledge of concepts and principles related to Human Factors.
Evidence requirements
1.1
The interaction of person, task, environment and machine is explained in terms
of safe and unsafe acts and conditions.
Range
1.2
The predisposing factors for unsafe acts and unsafe conditions are explained in
terms of recognised models.
Range
1.3
evidence is required of three models.
Models of human factors are explained in terms of the advantages of a systems
model.
Range
1.4
unsafe acts include but are not limited to – human violations and
errors;
conditions include but are not limited to – equipment, training,
rules, operating procedures, machines, management.
models include – people models, systems models;
systems models include – SCHELL, Swiss Cheese.
Classifications of non-compliance and human error are explained in terms of
their application at an extractive site.
Range
classifications may include but are not limited to – Rasmussen,
Reason, errors and omissions, information processing.
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Outcome 2
Analyse workplace practices at an extractive site by examining Human Factors that could
contribute to error-producing conditions.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Workplace practices are described in terms of how the interaction of person,
task, environment, and machine could contribute to safe and unsafe acts and
conditions.
Range
unsafe acts include but are not limited to – human violations and
errors;
conditions include but are not limited to – equipment, training,
rules, operating procedures, machines, management.
2.2
The predisposing factors for unsafe acts and unsafe conditions present in the
workplace practices are explained
2.3
The workplace practices are analysed in terms of models of Human Factors.
Range
2.4
models include – people models, systems models;
systems models may include but are not limited to – SCHELL,
Swiss Cheese.
The potential human errors present in the workplace practices are analysed in
terms of recognised classifications.
Range
classifications may include but are not limited to – Rasmussen,
Reason, errors and omissions, information processing.
Outcome 3
Recommend controls that will reduce the likelihood of error-producing conditions resulting
from Human Factors in the underlying workplace practice.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Possible controls are identified in accordance with the results of the analysis of
Human Factors within the workplace practices.
Range
3.2
controls may include but are not limited to – defences, barriers,
operating procedures.
Practical and cost effective controls are recommended within the requirements
of the extractive site, and in accordance with company procedures and relevant
legislation.
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NZQA registered unit standard
Planned review date
26855 version 2
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31 December 2019
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
9 December 2010
31 December 2017
Review
2
18 June 2015
N/A
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0114
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA, or
an inter-institutional body with delegated authority for quality assurance, before they can
report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses of study leading
to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
Consent requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this
standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The
AMAP also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations
wishing to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for
tutors and assessors, and special resource requirements.
Comments on this unit standard
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info@mito.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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(Incorporated) (MITO)
SSB Code 101542
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016